title: The mysterious presence of a 5-methylcytosine oxidase in the Drosophila genome: possible explanations.
authors.affiliation: Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope; Duarte, CA USA.
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Dunwell
authors.forename: Liam J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: McGuffin
authors.forename: Jim M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dunwell
authors.forename: Gerd P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Pfeifer
mesh_terms: D044503:5-Methylcytosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018899:CpG Islands; D004248:DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019175:DNA Methylation; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D049750:Genome, Insect; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008322:Mammals; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D007527:Isoenzymes; D044503:5-Methylcytosine; C491784:Mt2 protein, Drosophila; D004248:DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases
keywords: 5-methylcytosine; DNA methylation; Drosophila; dioxygenase; epigenetics